One Ocean Kayak Construction: Pt. 1
by scubaboy on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | 25 Comments
A slideshow of various stages of kayak construction. These are One Ocean kayaks from plans. See our paddle construction, search: Kayak Paddle.
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@JustWonderingHowToDo
They are 1/4 thick x 5/8 wide. More importantly, we learned to plane them all to exactly the same thickness. Varying thickness created problems, even minor variances.
They are all beaded and coved.
Hope you get a chance to see pt.s 2-4 as well. They are in the water.
How thick are the strips and did you put a beed and cove on them?
@cherokee0566269
Look for the same title, Pts. 2 through 4 plus the paddle. We’ve actually had them in the water for a year now.
AWESOME JOB ! Looking forward to seeing the rest of the stages
Absolutely gorgeous!
WOW!
hello!
very beautiful, y love their boats!
thank’s your motive me for my building!
well the music is good , can you tell me the autor’s name please? y want buy the album!
thank’s very much
mady
nice work
Hello! Congratulations for your hard work.
Magnificent result. Unique beauty.
Who provided the building plans?
F. Xavier
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I’m soooooooo jealous…..in a nice way.
We used Western Red and Alaskan Yellow cedar. The red was much more like a noodle and easier to bend, but where you have trouble, use a heat gun or hair dryer. Our strips were 1/4 inch and seemed just about right. Thicker means less ability to bend and twist. Thinner means you sand through it eventually. I’ve seen pine, redwood, mahogany and other hardwoods used as well. You should visit One Ocean Kayak website and Guillemot website too. More info there.
What type of wood do you use for the planking? How thick should it be? I need a good quality wood that is bendable.
Hello my name is russell, i would really like to get started with boatbuilding, your video was very exciting especially at the end wow how beautiful wodden kayaks can become. anyway is there any particular design or boatbuilding book that you would recommend me to start with?
well we got some “instructions” but they aren’t very detailed, I have seen that book aroud and was wondering if it was a good resource, I have just asked my library if they have “strip built sea kayak” they will get it for me. Thanks for your halp and happy paddling.
That’s odd, unless it was from a private owner. Anyhow… Nick Shade of Guillemot kayaks has a book called “Building a Strip Cedar Kayak” or something very close to that. Do a search for his web, Guillemot kayaks. His entire website is informative. Then go check One Ocean Kayak’s site as well. There is a lot of info out there. And pictures.
me and my mom just got some plans and we were hoping to get some instructions with them but there were none, are there any good books that you could suggest?
hey hope you guys get to go in the water soon! I just made a video of my cape ann construction…maybe you woul like to have a look at it…ive been out all winter and enjoying the spring with all the wildlife aroud:)
Wow that is incredible. I was watching the video and was amazed at the way the kayaks were coming together. Then I looked closer at the photos and realized I know you two! My wife knows you from HAI. Great looking boats. Maybe we will see you on the water. Bill and Jenifer.
Parabéns! Belo trabalho em conjunto! O resultado não podia ser melhor, feito com muito carinho e técnica!
O vídeo ficou muito bom também!!!
Mais uma vez nos nossos parabéns!!
nice work! just finished My Cape ann yesterday..it is great in the water…i love it… i found the fiberglass the longest part of the whole project… One ocean have the best print and step by step explanation out there! have a great time completing yours they both look awesome!!!
Of course. Or a Guillemot. Either if you’re thinking of a strip cedar. I’ve heard from another that has built both that Pygmi would be a choice for stitch also. No matter, build something and put it in the water, you’ll be happy.
I love this video! Very inspiring. Do recommend building a One Ocean Kayak? I’m thinking of getting the stitch-and-glue Cirrus kit…
Tracy has decided to revamp her deck. Last weekend the entire deck came off. It was drastic, but it was in fact the inlay that was holding us up. Now we have some renewed momentum and hope to get on with this project. You’ll see more of the show, hopefully all the way through glassing, sometime in the coming months. Thanks for your patience. 11/05/08
The boats are built in 2 clamshell like peices. The hull, or bottom, and the deck. There is an unglued line between the two halves. This is called the sheer line. So in the end of the wood process the boat can be separated like a top and bottom clamshell along the sheer line.
The strips (planks) are glued to each other and in our case clamped in place at each station.
There will be 2 bulkheads inserted and siliconed in place in the end.
Thanks for your interest.
Man, this is totally awesome! Great building skills. I’m really impressed! How do you get the spine out when it’s finished? How did you manage to keep the planks in place? Doesn’t the whole hull fall apart when handled in the water because of the lack of bulkheads?